US20040252983A1 - Method and apparatus for reproducing AV data in an interactive mode, and information storage medium therefor - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for reproducing AV data in an interactive mode, and information storage medium therefor Download PDF

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US20040252983A1
US20040252983A1 US10/770,128 US77012804A US2004252983A1 US 20040252983 A1 US20040252983 A1 US 20040252983A1 US 77012804 A US77012804 A US 77012804A US 2004252983 A1 US2004252983 A1 US 2004252983A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method for reproducing audio/video (AV) data in an interactive mode, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for seamlessly reproducing AV data by appropriately buffering interactive data for reproducing AV data in an interactive mode, and an information storage medium therefor.
  • AV audio/video
  • Interactive DVDs that can be reproduced in a personal computer (PC) are on the market.
  • An interactive DVD means a DVD in which interactive data, for example, markup documents, are recoded in addition to recorded DVD-Video data.
  • Interactive DVDs can be reproduced in either of two modes. One is video mode in which only DVD-Video data is reproduced as with an ordinary DVD, and the other is interactive mode in which DVD-Video data is reproduced together with a markup document and is displayed through a display window of the markup document. If the interactive mode is selected by a user, a web browser embedded in the PC parses and displays a markup document recorded on the interactive DVD. In the display window defined by the markup document, DVD-Video data selected by the user is displayed.
  • the DVD-Video data is a film
  • the film is reproduced in the display window of the markup document and in the remaining part the script, synopsis, photos of actors, and other related additional information of the film can be displayed. Additional information includes image files and/or text files.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram of the physical structure of a track of a conventional interactive DVD.
  • DVD-Video data i.e., AV data
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are reference diagrams for explaining a break that can occur in a reproducing process of the interactive DVD of FIG. 1. Referring to FIGS. 2A and 2B, the state of an AV buffer in which DVD-Video data is buffered, and the state of an interactive buffer in which interactive data is buffered are shown. Referring to FIGS.
  • a pickup apparatus searches for and reads STARTUP.HTM and buffers the file in the buffer.
  • the loaded STARTUP.HTM is activated.
  • (1) AV data selected by a user is buffered and then displaying of (1) AV data begins.
  • (2) AV data is buffered and displaying of (2) AV data begins. If buffering of (2) AV data finishes, the pickup apparatus jumps to a location in which (3) AV data is recorded and begins buffering. If the user requests (4) A.HTM, the pickup apparatus stops buffering the (3) AV data and searches for the (4) A.HTM and buffers the data for the (4) A.HTM.
  • the (3) AV data is continuously displayed. Accordingly, the amount of data that can be buffered and displayed rapidly decreases.
  • (5) AV data is buffered. If buffering of the (5) AV data finishes, the pickup apparatus jumps to a location in which (6) AV data is recorded. In this case, data being buffered may be exhausted.
  • the pickup apparatus has to stop buffering AV data and search for and read a markup document corresponding a DVD-Video screen, and buffer the markup document. Accordingly, a break in displaying DVD-Video scenes may occur.
  • An aspect of the present invention provides a method and apparatus by which when audio/video (AV) data is reproduced in an interactive mode, buffering of interactive data is smoothly performed so that a break during reproduction of AV data does not occur, and an information storage medium therefor.
  • AV audio/video
  • an information storage medium stores audio/video (AV) data and interactive data for use by a recording and/or reproducing apparatus to reproduce the AV data in an interactive mode, wherein the interactive data includes a plurality of ENAV units which are smaller than a predetermined size.
  • AV audio/video
  • the interactive data includes link information regarding the relation between the AV data and the ENAV units.
  • the link information is described by using the structure of the AV data.
  • the link information reproducing time information of the AV data or information regarding at a point where the AV data is reproduced is reproduced.
  • the ENAV unit has at least one ENAV page and in each ENAV page, synchronization information indicating the time for which to display the ENAV page is recorded.
  • the link information is included in a startup file that is required to be interpreted before the ENAV page is output.
  • markup documents corresponding to the ENAV pages specify synchronization information.
  • the link information is included in a schedule file that describes schedule information regarding an instant of time when the ENAV unit is to be read into a buffer memory of a reproducing apparatus and an instant of time when the ENAV unit is deleted from the buffer memory.
  • the AV data is DVD-Video data and the link information and the synchronization information are described by using a presentation time stamp of the DVD-Video data.
  • an information storage medium stores audio/video (AV) data and interactive data for use by a recording and/or reproducing apparatus to reproduce the AV data in an interactive mode, wherein the interactive data comprises a plurality of ENAV units, each of the ENAV units is smaller than a predetermined size, and the start page of each of the ENAV units is stored as a predetermined start file name.
  • AV audio/video
  • each of the ENAV units has at least one ENAV page and the start page itself is an ENAV page.
  • an information storage medium stores audio/video (AV) data and interactive data for use by a recording and/or reproducing apparatus to reproduce the AV data in an interactive mode, wherein the interactive data includes at least one ENAV page in which is recorded control command information for an ENAV buffer of the recording and/or reproducing apparatus which buffers the ENAV page.
  • AV audio/video
  • control command information commands the data stored in the ENAV buffer to be discarded.
  • the interactive data is divided into a plurality of ENAV units containing the ENAV pages.
  • control command information commands a buffered ENAV unit stored in the ENAV buffer to be discarded and a next ENAV unit to be read in.
  • an apparatus for reproducing audio/video (AV) data in an interactive mode includes an ENAV buffer which buffers interactive data which comprises a plurality of ENAV units, each of the ENAV units being smaller than a predetermined size and are for reproducing the AV data in the interactive mode, an ENAV buffer manager which controls the ENAV buffer so that the interactive data is read in and discarded in units of ENAV units, and a reproducing unit that reproduces the AV data in the interactive mode using the interactive data from the ENAV buffer.
  • the ENAV buffer manager controls the ENAV buffer so that an ENAV unit is read in before the AV data corresponding to the ENAV unit is displayed.
  • the ENAV buffer manager controls the ENAV buffer so that an ENAV unit is read in before AV data corresponding to the ENAV unit is displayed.
  • the ENAV buffer manager controls the ENAV buffer so that an ENAV unit corresponding to the synchronization information is read in.
  • the ENAV buffer manager controls the ENAV buffer so that a corresponding ENAV unit is read in.
  • an apparatus for reproducing audio/video (AV) data in an interactive mode includes an ENAV buffer which buffers interactive data comprising a plurality of ENAV units, each of the ENAV units being smaller than a predetermined size and are for reproducing the AV data in the interactive mode, an ENAV buffer manager which controls the ENAV buffer so that if a start page having a predetermined file name is found, an ENAV unit corresponding to the start page is read in, and a reproducing unit that reproduces the AV data in the interactive mode using the interactive data from the ENAV buffer.
  • an ENAV buffer manager which controls the ENAV buffer so that if a start page having a predetermined file name is found, an ENAV unit corresponding to the start page is read in, and a reproducing unit that reproduces the AV data in the interactive mode using the interactive data from the ENAV buffer.
  • the ENAV unit has at least one ENAV page and the start page itself is an ENAV page.
  • a method of reproducing audio/video (AV) data in an interactive mode includes buffering interactive data for reproducing the AV data in an interactive mode, by reading in and discarding interactive data in units of ENAV units, each of the ENAV units being smaller than a predetermined size; and reproducing the AV data in an interactive mode by using the buffered interactive data.
  • the buffering the interactive data includes reading an ENAV unit before the AV data corresponding to the ENAV unit is displayed by referring to link information between the AV data and the ENAV units, where the link information is described using a structure of the AV data.
  • the buffering the interactive data includes reading an ENAV unit before AV data corresponding to the ENAV unit is displayed by referring to link information between the AV data and the ENAV units, where the link information is described by using the reproducing time information of the AV data.
  • the buffering the interactive data includes reading an ENAV unit corresponding to synchronization information by referring to the synchronization information recorded in a markup document corresponding to each of the ENAV pages.
  • the buffering the interactive data includes reading a corresponding ENAV unit by referring to the synchronization information and the link information between the AV data and the ENAV units.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram of the physical structure of a track of a conventional interactive DVD
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are reference diagrams for explaining a break that can occur in a process of reproducing the interactive DVD of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram of a reproducing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an ENAV buffer of FIG. 4 and the relation between the ENAV buffer and an EVAV buffer manager;
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating the relation between an AV buffer and an AV buffer manager
  • FIGS. 7A through 7D illustrate a buffer control method according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a data structure of a disc to which an interactive data area is allocated, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a directory of a disc on which interactive data is recorded, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a file structure of an ENAV unit, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate examples of link information for executing the method of FIGS. 7A through 7D, according to embodiments of the present invention
  • FIG. 13 is an example of synchronization information for controlling the method of FIGS. 7A through 7D, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 14 is a reference diagram illustrating the method of FIGS. 7A through 7D, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 15 is a reference diagram illustrating the method of FIGS. 7A through 7D, according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 16A and 16B illustrate the amount of AV data read so as to read an ENAV unit and a size of an AV buffer for buffering the AV data.
  • interactive data indicates data that are needed in reproducing audio/video (AV) data in an interactive mode.
  • the interactive mode indicates a mode in which not only an AV screen obtained from AV data is displayed, but also a screen is displayed in which additional information or through which interaction with a user is enabled.
  • the interactive data indicates not only markup documents, but also markup resources containing files that are embedded into or linked to a markup document.
  • “ ⁇ .HTM” also represents documents written in markup languages such as XML and SGML that are displayed in an interactive mode.
  • other languages can be implicated, such as JAVASCRIPT, and other applications can be implemented using the language, such as through applets
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram of a recording and/or reproducing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the recording and/or reproducing system comprises a digital versatile disk (DVD) 300 , which is an information storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention, a reproducing apparatus 200 , a TV 100 , which is a display apparatus according to an aspect of the present embodiment, and a remote controller 400 as a user input apparatus.
  • DVD digital versatile disk
  • TV 100 which is a display apparatus according to an aspect of the present embodiment
  • the TV 100 could instead be another type of display unit, such as an LCD or a PDP, a flat panel display, or other types of display units through which visual images are displayed.
  • the user input apparatus could include a keyboard or other computer input device, such as a stylus or touch screen, instead of or in addition to the remote controller 400 .
  • the information storage medium could be other than a DVD, such as next generation DVD including Blu-ray discs or Advanced Optical Discs (AODs), a CD, magnetic media, and that the information storage medium could be writable as well as read only.
  • the DVD-Video data includes audio/video (AV) data and interactive data for reproducing the DVD-Video data in an interactive mode.
  • the interactive data is implemented as markup documents written in markup languages, and markup resources linked to the markup documents.
  • the interactive data is divided into a plurality of ENAV units. Each of the ENAV units is equal to or less than a predetermined size. However, it is understood that the plurality of ENAV units could also be of other sizes.
  • An ENAV unit is a unit for buffering according to an aspect of the present invention. That is, the ENAV unit is one of a plurality of units obtained by dividing the interactive data into units which are equal to or less than the predetermined size in order to buffer the interactive data.
  • the ENAV unit contains at least one ENAV page.
  • the ENAV page may be implemented as a markup document, or a markup document and at least one markup resource linked to the markup document.
  • the ENAV page indicates a set of data used to display an interactive screen in which a markup document and markup resources linked to the markup document (such as an image, animation, asynchronous audio data, and moving pictures) are all embedded and displayed.
  • the markup document need not display data beyond defining an AV screen size or location. More detailed data structures of the DVD 300 will be explained later referring to each embodiment.
  • the remote controller 400 receives a control command from the user and transmits the command to the recording and/or reproducing apparatus 200 .
  • the reproducing recording and/or apparatus 200 has a DVD drive for reading data recorded on the DVD 300 . If the DVD 300 is placed on the DVD drive and the user selects the interactive mode, the recording and/or reproducing apparatus 200 buffers the interactive data in units of ENAV units in a predetermined order. Using the buffered interactive data, the recording and/or reproducing apparatus 200 reproduces corresponding AV data in the interactive mode and transmits the reproduced data to the TV 100 . The reproduced data is displayed on the TV 100 as an interactive screen and an AV screen embedded in the interactive screen obtained from the interactive data.
  • Interactive mode indicates a mode in which the AV data is displayed together with interactive data. That is, in an aspect of the present embodiment, the AV data is displayed in a display window defined in a markup document such that the AV screen is displayed embedded in the interactive screen. According to an aspect of the invention, the AV screen indicates a screen displayed on the display apparatus by reproducing AV data, and the interactive screen indicates a screen displayed on the display apparatus after the markup document and markup resources are parsed.
  • a video mode is a mode in which the AV data is reproduced in the same manner as DVD-Video as understood in the art, and a detailed description of which is not provided. Specifically, only the AV screen obtained by reproducing the corresponding AV data is displayed.
  • the recording and/reproducing apparatus 200 supports both the interactive mode and the video mode. In addition, the recording and/reproducing apparatus 200 can access the Internet and transmit data separately or according to the ENAV units of the DVD 300 .
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a recording and/or reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the recording and/or reproducing apparatus is an apparatus which supports the interactive mode in which an AV stream, obtained by decoding the AV data recorded on the DVD 300 , is output through a display window defined by a markup document.
  • the recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a reader 2 , an AV buffer 3 , an ENAV buffer 4 , an AV reproducing engine 5 , a presentation engine 6 and a blender 7 .
  • An ENAV buffer manager 61 is installed in the presentation engine 6 .
  • FIG. 3 Only reproducing aspects of the recording and/or reproducing apparatus shown in FIG. 3 will be referred to below. However, it is understood that a recording operation could be performed using the apparatus to create the DVD 300 using the recording and/or reproducing apparatus shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the reader 2 reads the AV data and the interactive data recorded on the DVD 300 .
  • the ENAV buffer 4 is logically or physically divided into a plurality of parts so that the ENAV buffer 4 can buffer the interactive data in units of ENAV units.
  • Each of the ENAV units is equal to or less than a predetermined size. Buffering data in units of ENAV units allows the interactive data to be read and discarded in units of the ENAV units.
  • One of the reasons why the ENAV buffer 4 is divided into at least two parts is to enable a read operation for reading interactive data in units of ENAV units into part of the ENAV buffer 4 and at least part of a discard operation for discarding data stored in the other part to be carried out at the same time.
  • the presentation engine 6 is an interpretation engine which parses markup languages and client parsing program languages. Examples of such languages include, but are not limited to, JAVASCRIPT and JAVA.
  • the presentation engine 6 has a decoder for decoding markup resources such that markup files having a variety of formats can be opened.
  • the presentation engine 6 fetches the markup document (and markup resources) from the ENAV buffer 4 , parses the fetched markup document, and confirms location of a display window in which is to be displayed the AV data stream output from the reproducing engine 5 .
  • the presentation engine 6 also detects that portion of the AV data being reproduced by the AV reproduction engine 5 .
  • the blender 7 blends the AV data stream with the display window so that the AV data stream is displayed in the display window defined by the markup document. Specifically, the AV screen is embedded in the interactive screen. Then, the blender 7 outputs the result to the TV 100 .
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 controls the ENAV buffer 4 so that, for example, predetermined ENAV units are read in a predetermined order.
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 controls the ENAV buffer 4 so that, before the AV data is displayed on the display apparatus 100 , the ENAV units corresponding to the AV data is read by referring to link information described by using the DVD-Video data structure.
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 controls the ENAV buffer 61 so that, before the AV data is displayed on the display apparatus 100 , the ENAV units corresponding to the AV data is read by referring to link information described by using reproducing time information of the AV data.
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 detects that portion of the AV data being reproduced in the AV reproduction engine 5 .
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 buffers required interactive data before the AV data is displayed on the display apparatus 100 such that the ENAV buffer manager 61 can prevent a break in the display of the AV data that otherwise occurs when the buffering of the AV data stops in order to read the interactive data which should be displayed together with corresponding AV data.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the ENAV buffer 4 of FIG. 4 and the relation between the ENAV buffer 4 and the EVAV buffer manager 61 .
  • the ENAV buffer 4 comprises an audio buffer 41 , an ENAV-unit buffer 42 , and a basic buffer 43 .
  • the audio buffer 41 buffers audio data that are reproduced in synchronization with the AV data.
  • the audio data might be a speech (audio data) or commentary of a producer of a film (AV data).
  • the basic buffer 43 buffers data such as font data or image data to be used for rendering text referred to by a markup resource when such data needs to be buffered using the ENAV buffer 4 regardless of link information with AV data.
  • the ENAV-unit buffer 42 buffers ENAV pages in units of ENAV units.
  • An ENAV unit is a set of data which should be read in at the same time in order to reproduce the AV data seamlessly, and contains at least one ENAV page. If the size of the ENAV-unit buffer 42 is generally greater than the size of interactive data recorded on the DVD 300 , there is no special need to manage the buffering of interactive data because all the interactive data can be read before reproduction of the AV data begins. However, the greater the size of the buffer 42 , the bigger the size of the entire system should be and the higher the price of the system. Accordingly, the ENAV-unit buffer 42 generally has a predetermined size less than the entire size of the interactive data.
  • the ENAV-unit buffer 42 is logically or physically divided into two parts, ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 and ENAV-unit buffer # 2 422 .
  • ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421
  • ENAV-unit buffer # 2 422 ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421
  • ENAV-unit buffer # 2 422 ENAV-unit buffer # 2 422
  • the division can be logical and/or physical
  • the size of the buffer can be larger than the interactive data according to other aspects of the invention.
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 senses a time when an ENAV unit corresponding to the AV data is to be replaced with another ENAV unit, empties either the ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 or the ENAV-unit buffer # 2 422 , and buffers the next ENAV unit in the emptied buffer. That is, while an ENAV unit stored in the ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 is read, another ENAV unit stored in the ENAV-unit buffer # 2 422 is discarded, and still another ENAV unit is read into the ENAV-unit buffer # 2 422 .
  • the ENAV unit stored in the ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 is discarded and then another ENAV unit is read into the ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 .
  • operations of the two ENAV-unit buffers # 1 421 and # 2 422 are described but these operations can be performed by more than two ENAV-unit buffers.
  • FIG. 6 shows the relation between the AV buffer 3 and the AV buffer manager 51 of FIG. 4.
  • the AV buffer manager 51 controls the AV buffer 3 to buffer AV data.
  • the AV data buffered by the AV buffer 3 is output to the AV reproducing engine 5 .
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 reads ENAV unit # 1 into the ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 .
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 reads ENAV unit # 2 into the ENAV-unit buffer # 2 422 .
  • Time A and time B may be determined in a variety of ways, and time A does not necessarily precede time B in all aspects of the invention.
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 senses the change of an ENAV unit at time C, and discards ENAV unit # 1 stored in the ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 , and begins to read in ENAV unit # 3 to the ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 .
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate examples of link information for use in executing the method of FIGS. 7A through 7D, according to embodiments of the present invention.
  • a startup file startup.htm of FIG. 11 or a schedule file startup.htm of FIG. 12 is not displayed on the display apparatus (i.e., the TV 100 ), but performs a function to provide a variety of parameter values. Examples of the parameter values include, but are not limited to, a size of a screen, a color of a screen, etc.
  • a box marked by dotted lines indicates link information according to an aspect of the present embodiment.
  • the link information is implemented as information obtained by mapping a presentation time stamp (PTS) that is the reproducing time information of DVD-Video data corresponding to an ENAV unit.
  • ENAV unit # 1 corresponds to PTS 0 - 9999
  • ENAV unit # 2 corresponds to PTS 10000 - 19999 of DVD-Video
  • ENAV unit # 3 corresponds to PTS 2000 -N of DVD-Video.
  • ENAV unit # 1 that is, ENAV pages corresponding to PTS 0 - 9999
  • ENAV unit # 2 that is, ENAV pages corresponding to PTS 10000 - 19999
  • ENAV unit # 3 that is, ENAV pages corresponding to PTS 20000 -N
  • FIG. 13 is an example of synchronization information for use in executing the method of FIGS. 7A through 7D, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a box marked by dotted lines of index_unit2.htm indicates synchronization information according to an aspect of the present embodiment. If the start page index_unit2.htm of ENAV unit # 2 is called by navigation of the user according to an arbitrary route, the presentation engine 6 parses index_unit2.htm and finds that the synchronization information (i.e., a time when the document should be displayed) is PTS 10000 of the DVD-Video.
  • the presentation engine 6 realizes that ENAV unit # 1 is changed by ENAV unit # 2 through the link information obtained from the startup file startup.htm, as described above referring to FIGS. 7A through 7D. Then, the ENAV buffer manager 61 sends a control command that ENAV-unit buffer # 1 421 that is storing ENAV unit # 1 be emptied, and then a control command that ENAV unit # 2 be read in.
  • FIG. 14 is a reference diagram illustrating the method of FIGS. 7A through 7D according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • ENAV unit # 2 corresponds to PTS 10000 - 19999 or logical block 10000 - 19999 of DVD-Video and ENAV unit # 3 corresponds to PTS 20000 -N or logical block 20000 -N.
  • ENAV unit # 2 has at least one ENAV page, and the ENAV page comprises a start page 71 and the remaining ENAV pages 81 .
  • ENAV unit # 3 also has at least one ENAV page, and the ENAV page comprises a start page 72 and the remaining ENAV pages 82 .
  • the start page 71 of ENAV unit # 2 has a predetermined proper name
  • the start file name # 2 and the start page 72 of ENAV unit # 3 has a predetermined proper name and start file name # 3 . Accordingly, if a file having a predetermined proper name is called, the presentation engine 6 can realize that an ENAV unit change has been made.
  • the ENAV buffer manager 61 can send a control command commanding that the ENAV-unit buffer 42 be emptied and that a new ENAV unit be read in. If there are a plurality of start pages in an ENAV unit, only a start page which indicates that an ENAV change will occur is made to have a predetermined proper name.
  • FIG. 15 shows a buffer control method of FIG. 6 according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.
  • ENAV unit # 2 corresponds to a PTS 10000 - 19999 of DVD-Video or a logic block 10000 - 19999 of DVD-Video
  • ENAV unit # 3 corresponds to PTS 20000 -N or a logic block 20000 -N.
  • ENAV unit # 2 has markup documents index_unit2.htm, unit2 — 1.htm and unit2 — 2.htm corresponding to ENAV pages.
  • ENAV unit # 3 has markup documents index_unit3.htm, unit3 — 1.htm and unit3 — 2.htm corresponding to ENAV pages.
  • arrows having dotted lines indicate routes through which the user can navigate.
  • Equation 4 Equation 4
  • Tr Lr/Vr (6)
  • AV data when AV data is reproduced in an interactive mode, interactive data is divided into a plurality of ENAV units and stored in advance. Then, when predetermined AV data is reproduced, a buffer is emptied when an ENAV is to be changed, and the ENAV unit to be changed is read in advance. In this manner, the buffer is managed such that seamless reproduction of AV data is guaranteed.
  • the AV reproducing engine 5 and the ENAV buffer manager 61 , and/or the blender 7 can be implemented as computer software encoded on a computer readable medium for controlling a general or special purpose computer.
  • the DVD 300 can be recorded on a recordable DVD 300 so as to achieve the methods of FIGS. 7A through 7D.
  • other information media may be used instead of the DVD 300 , such as CD, DVD-R, DVD-R/W, next generation DVD such as Blu-Ray discs, Advanced Optical Discs, and discs utilizing WINDOWS MEDIA VIDEO, or magnetic media.

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